#cde70a

Color #cde70a

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cde70a

RGB

rgb(205, 231, 10)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 91.7%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 95.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 95.7%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(87.07, -30.65, 84.58)

LCH

lch(87.07, 89.96, 109.92)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.2025, 117.69)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 3.9%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#240ae7

Analogous

#e7930a

#cde70a

#5ee70a

Triadic

#cde70a

#0acde7

#e70acd

Split-complementary

#cde70a

#0a5ee7

#930ae7

Tetradic

#cde70a

#0ae724

#240ae7

#e70acd

Square

#cde70a

#0ae793

#240ae7

#e70a5e

Shades

Color #cde70a mixed toward black.

#abc108

#899a07

#677405

#444d03

#222702

Tints

Color #cde70a mixed toward white.

#ddf628

#e4f853

#ebf97e

#f2fba9

#f8fdd4

Tones

Color #cde70a mixed toward gray.

#bfd51c

#b1c22f

#a3b041

#959d54

#878b66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d97a · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#d7d587 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#ce9fa6 · ΔE 48.4

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 29.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cde70a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cde70a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cde70a (#cde70a) is rgb(205, 231, 10) in RGB.

No, #cde70a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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